Rookie Spotlight: Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona

Height: 6-5
Weight: 212
Hands:
Arm:
2025 Age: 22 – (4/5/03)

NFL Play-Style Comparison: Drake London, Equanimeous St. Brown, Christian Watson
Other RW Staff Comps: Tee Higgins
Draft Grade: 1st Round
Projected 40: 4.52
Breakout Age: 19 (Freshman)

Offensive Market Share Metrics (Final Season)

Receptions: 32%
Receiving Yards: 44%
Receiving TDs: 44%

High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, California)
As a high school prospect: Class of 2022; 5-star (6.1)
Honors: 2023 AP 3rd-Team All-American, 2024 AP 1st-Team All-American
College Attended: Arizona (3)

Pros

– Elite overall length

– Creative without the ball, selling a route, or getting in a good place to block

– 65 contested targets over the last two seasons, 36 were completed (leads country)

– Separates at the catch point with late hands and contortion-ability

– Led College Football with 29 missed tackles forced in 2024

– Lots of success on crossers and slants, allowing him to create separation

– Proven ability to absolutely take over NCAA Division I football games

Cons

– Hot and Cold stretches during his career with three mega 200+ yard performances

– lacks quick-twitch, but it is not his game

– drops reared their head in 2024, with 8. He had 5 in the first two seasons combined

– Tends to be a bit stuck in the mud on shallow routes

– Minor lower leg surgery in Spring of 2024, missed a few spring practices

Highlight/Film

Scouting Notes:

After entering the 2024 season as the clear-cut consensus Wide Receiver no. 1 in the 2025 NFL Draft Class, “Tet” McMillan showed consistency with 108 yards per game over the last two seasons. Hailing from Servite HS in Anaheim, California, the famous home of the Kalil brothers (Ryan and Matt), McMillan was the No. 2 wide receiver in the 2022 recruiting class, right behind Luther Burden (Missouri). As a prospect, Tetairoia McMillan has elite length that immediately jumps off of the screen like a Drake London or Christian Watson. While he lacks long speed like Christian Watson and super high-end ‘x’ prototype ball skills like London or Mike Evans, McMillan isn’t far off. In 2024, McMillan suffered from the drops at time, finishing with 3 more in one season than he had combined over the first two seasons of his career at Arizona (5). Too many of Tet’s routes are slow-developing crossers and slants that eventually evolve if he is targeted, often times his quarterback did miss seeing him wide open. His two best routes are the shallow to deep crosser and the stutter-go down the sideline, allowing him an opportunity at a contested catch. During the last two seasons, Tet received 65 contested targets with 36 completions, his ball skills are apparent but not elite. His route running leaves a bit to be desired, but the pure talent vibrates off of the film and for a superstar at the college level, it’s nice to see McMillan work his craft, especially in the run game to place himself in the right spot to make important blocks in the run game. McMillan will be a Top 5 pick in dynasty rookie drafts, across basically all formats, barring unforeseen circumstances/disastrous testing through the NFL draft process. One of 2025’s truly high-end receiver assets.

Cody Carpentier